i'm amazed, how shortsighted some ngos' can be. the perpetual sceptic that i
am, i'm positive the motives of this 'humanitarian' effort consist of more
than 'what meets the eye'. this is similar to the case of tsunami kids
having been sent to DPS delhi for schooling!
anyone with commonsense can see that similar/related environments and
cultural milieus only can help in physical and emotional rehabilitation.
annie joseph.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:05 PM, peeyush sekhsaria <psekhsaria@...>
wrote:

> There is no denying the good intentions but to have children affected by
> the Tsunami shifted to a completely different and highly distant location
> for education may not be the best solution. Life skills related to life in
> an island, on the ocean cannot be imparted in a place like Gangtok, this
> almost surely means that these children will miss out on some essential
> learnings and might end up short on skills for their native location -
> making their coming back (if they want to) probably difficult.
> It would be of interest to know what this particular agency that has taken
> all the effort of finding Nicobarese children a school in Gangtok thinks
> about this aspect.
> thanks
> Peeyush
>
> Pankaj Andaman <psekhsaria@... <psekhsaria%40gmail.com>> wrote: for
> information...
>
> check
>
> http://andamansikkim.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-nicobar-to-sikkim.html
> pankaj
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